2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record4–7 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike O'Cain (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorBilly Taylor (3rd season)
Home stadiumWilliam B. Greene Jr. Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 6 Wofford $^   7 1     10 3  
No. 18 Samford ^   6 2     8 4  
No. 19 Furman ^   6 2     8 5  
Western Carolina   5 3     7 5  
Mercer   4 4     5 6  
The Citadel   3 5     5 6  
Chattanooga   3 5     3 8  
East Tennessee State   2 6     4 7  
VMI   0 8     0 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season and are in the second year of their second stint as football members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They are led by third-year head coach Carl Torbush and, for the first time, play all their home games at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium.[1] They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in SoCon play to finish in eighth place.

On December 8, head coach Carl Torbush announced his retirement.[2] He finished at ETSU with a three-year record of 11–22.

  1. ^ "ETSU football announces 2017 schedule". ETSUBucs.com. December 19, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  2. ^ "Torbush announces retirement as ETSU head football coach".